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Somebody's Daughter

Somebody's Daughter

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PRE-ORDER NOW | Poetry | Paperback | Winner of the 2021 Sexton Prize for Poetry

"Powerful, lyrical work devoted to her truth." - Cornelius Eady, Sexton Prize for Poetry Judge and author of Victims of The Latest Dance Craze, The Gathering of My Name, nominated for a Pulitzer Prize; and Brutal Imagination, a National Book Award finalist.

Double dutch, braided scalps, tender-heads, tears shed, bologna and white bread, childhood apparitions, buried dead, petal’s phenomenon: these are the images Games’ first collection of poetry leaves you with.

With reverence for the confessional poems she wrote through the years, Games invites you to radically tell the truth through a lyrical reverie of remembering: “Do not forget the soil you grew in.” Somebody’s Daughter, the first full-length collection by Jasmine Games, is a necessary read for all those who seek to reckon with the facts of their life.

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Jasmine Games

is a Black and queer spoken word poet and theater practitioner based in Austin, TX. With a BA in English and Performance Studies from Texas A&M University (2018) and an MFA in Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities from The University of Texas at Austin (2022). Games is an award-winning poet and practitioner, including the 2021 Sexton Prize for Poetry and the 2021 Winifred Ward Scholarship. As the Director of Education and Social Justice Activation at The VORTEX, she utilizes drama, creative writing, and devised performance to address social (in)justices with participants of all ages. Her first full-length poetry collection, "Somebody's Daughter," is available for pre-order now. Learn more about Jasmine at jasmineigames.com and follow her on social media @jasminegamespoetry.